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Christianity and Social Justice
Conservatism | Social Justice

Christianity and Social Justice

ByRobert J. McPherson II

Christianity and Social Justice isn’t a modern debate. Augustine held that God can command the rich to give to the poor. The poor can’t demand from the rich.

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Decline of Responsibility in the Decline of Christianity
Conservatism | Paganism | Uncategorized

Decline of Responsibility in the Decline of Christianity

ByRobert J. McPherson II

A new concept of victimhood has arisen. WIth it, a new concept of justice, a concept of justice divorced from the Christian view of responsibility.

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Correcting Scanlon and the Doctrine of Double Effect
Bioethics | Liberalism

Correcting Scanlon and the Doctrine of Double Effect

ByRobert J. McPherson II

The doctrine of double effect is a Christian teaching going back to Aquinas. It is commonly attacked today, with T.M. Scanlon leading the charge. If Scanlon is correct, pro-life arguments have just gotten harder.

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Dabney’s Refutation of Relativism
Liberalism

Dabney’s Refutation of Relativism

ByRobert J. McPherson II

Robert Dabney was the Southern Presbyterian theologian and professor of ethics during the late 1800s, who provides a helpful polemic against moral relativism.

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Was F.J. Stahl a Relativist?
Conservatism

Was F.J. Stahl a Relativist?

ByRobert J. McPherson II

There is a developing renaissance of historic conservatism, in part due to many recent translations, among which is the nineteenth century German legal theorist Friedrich J. Stahl.

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What is the Common Good?
Conservatism

What is the Common Good?

ByRobert J. McPherson II

We cannot say that what is good for the individual or the community is devoid of moral content. And moral content is determined by God’s decree, be it a direct command from God, or an eternal decree regarding the purpose of man, which is to glorify God and enjoy Him for eternity.

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